Taxonomy vs Chick - What's the difference?
taxonomy | chick |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
A young bird.
A young chicken.
(slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
* {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
, passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
* {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
, passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and chick
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while chick is a young bird.As a verb chick is
(obsolete) to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.taxonomy
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologychick
English
Noun
(en noun)- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by